MEGADETH's Dave Mustaine has apparently parted ways with Dean and signed up with Gibson guitars. Earlier today, Mustaine tweeted out a teaser video for what appears to be an official announcement that will come on February 23. In November 2019, Mustaine sold off much of his gear, including several Dean prototype signature models that he had used over the years. He also confirmed that he was going separate ways with Dean after spending 13 years with the company. Mustaine's Gibson announcement will come two months after a employee for the American guitar maker accidentally leaked an image of a guitar that some devoted guitar aficionados speculated could be Mustaine's new signature model. (See video below.) The same prototype model was also spotted in an Instagram post by Gibson CMO Cesar Gueikian. Ranked No. 1 by Joel McIver in "The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists" book, Mustaine godfathered fast-heavy-metal guitar generations, first as the original lead guitarist for METALLICA, and then as the founder of legendary MEGADETH.
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